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Timeless–Film makeup and hair designers help you recreate 100 years of womens’ style

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November 25, 2018

Review by C.J. Bunce

Let’s face it. The “turn of the century” was eighteen years ago. Are you happy with the styles that define this decade? Why not re-define what the new ‘twenties are going to represent, and why not start with how you want to look? Timeless, a new book by fashion makeup artist Louise Young and film industry hairstylist Loulia Sheppard, provides readers with a step-by-step guide in photos and instructions to recreate the most memorable styles from the silent screen era forward. So not only is it an obvious tool for cosplay and theater, it’s a way to bring the golden age of women’s fashion to everyday lifestyles.

Young and Sheppard also recreate actual style icons, and provide the steps for anyone to follow suit. Readers will find not only how they can recreate styles, but what materials were available for contemporary women to make the look they are after. Models reflect many memorable looks in Timeless, including Louise Brooks, Clara Bow, Ginger Rogers, Myrna Loy, Betty Grable, Rita Hayworth, Ava Gardner, Lauren Bacall, Gene Tierney, Grace Kelly, Lucille Ball, Elizabeth Taylor, Marilyn Monroe, Audrey Hepburn, Farrah Fawcett, Julia Roberts, and many more.

Timeless is not your typical makeup and hair book. The creators have decades of experience in film creating any and every look imaginable. Louise Young has created makeup designs for celebrities in movies including Guardians of the Galaxy, Doctor Strange, Spectre, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Wonder Woman, Murder on the Orient Express, Pride & Prejudice, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., Clash of the Titans, Jack the Giant Slayer, and The Avengers. Loulia Sheppard has created hairstyles for several award-winning productions, including Gosford Park, The Phantom of the Opera, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, The Last Samurai, Jane Eyre, Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters, RED 2, Guardians of the Galaxy, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Victor Frankenstein, and Murder on the Orient Express–and most recently the looks of Keira Knightley and Scarlett Johansson.

Take a look at some of the designs featured:

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Ginger Pride–New book looks at truths and misconceptions of red-haired people

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September 2, 2018

Review by C.J. Bunce

Queen Elizabeth I, Prince Harry, Winston Churchill, Ron Howard, Ginger Spice, Agent Scully, Chuck Norris, Vincent Van Gogh.

What do they all have in common? Plenty.

Truly–this latest look at a segment of the Earthling population should have been part of the Hidden Universe travel guides. It’s Ginger Pride: A Red-Headed History of the World, called “a rallying call and calling card for gingers,” it’s a mix of facts, history, and humor about redheads in society. Compiling everything you’d ever need or want to know about redheads, this quick guide seizes the day and tackles the segment of the population born with a red coif. More redheads are around than you might think. Actually 140 million redheads worldwide, 18 million in the United States alone, and two percent of the world population is born with red hair, with ten percent of the population of Scotland, Ireland, and Wales.

Writer Tobias Anthony (a redhead) dives into the history and truths of red hair, with whimsical artwork by Melbourne artist Carla McRae (not a redhead). He has come up with 20 variants of color of redheads, from auburn to aubergine. If you don’t know any redheads personally, well, Anthony has a solution for that–a spotter’s guide–where you are apt to find redheads “in the wild” and how to spot a fake redhead or “daywalker.” (Spoiler: He reports Amy Adams is a fake, Isla Fisher is 100% real redhead). Anthony even argues why fake redheads should be praised for complimenting the ginger community by trying to join in. According to the author, if they’re carrying around a lot of emotional baggage, they’re probably a redhead. And he spotlights the most ostracized of the ginger community is “the Traitor”–what he calls that redhead who dyes his hair another color to hide his gingerness. Red hair dye amounts to $200 million in sales per year in the U.S., more than any other color. Surprised “bottled” redheads he has identified in his book include Molly Ringwald, Rita Hayworth, and Lucille Ball. Why go red? It looks like it’s the attitude and reputation of redheads that celebrities– and everyone else–is trying to imitate by dying their hair red.

Most useful in the book is the section on etiquette for getting along with gingers. Key takeaway? Don’t actually call them “ginger”! Or carrot top, freckles, or anything else–except their name. In that way the book successfully uses humor to look at its subject, while also carefully illustrating why singling out anyone for how they look is just wrong. The author notes there are days of the year dedicated to both kicking (don’t kick anyone, it’s an in-joke) and kissing (get their permission first) gingers. (Err, wait, don’t we mean redheads?).

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